Day 8: Digital Literacies

http://todaysmeet.com/DigitalEnglish

According to Belshaw, there are 8 essential elements of digital literacy:

Cultural
Cognitive
Constructive
Communicative
Confident
Creative
Critical
Civic

Also, see Mozilla's Web Literacy Map.

How can we enhance our own digital literacy beyond "elegant consumption?"
How can we use these tools for creative production?

Creating

Sample Google Doc

(Purposeful) Communication

Capture and Critique

Skitch
Screencasting

Remix

Memes and Animated Gifs
Mozilla X-Ray Goggles
Mozilla Popcorn

Learning About Search

Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble (9 min)
Comparing your search results with Google, Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo
Google Advanced Search Tips Video and Google's Guide
- Basic Search Training
- Advanced Search Training

Homework

Essay Rough Draft shared through Write Lab -- was due tonight at midnight. Now changed to Saturday at noon.
- Essay Final Draft revised through Write Lab -- still due Tuesday, June 9 (Day 10) at midnight.
Journal #4 -- was due on Monday, June 8 (Day 9). Now will be due on Wed, June 10 (Day 11) at 5:00
- I will share the prompt with you in class on Monday
Journal #5 -- was due on Wed, June 10 (Day 11). Now will be due on Thur, June 11 (Day 12) at 5:00
- I will share the prompt with you in class on Tuesday

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